Mars Rover Curiosity Lands successfully!! LIVE THREAD

Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) ^ | 5 Aug 2012 | JPL

[hattend]

Landing at 10:30PM Pacific...yes, this is early so all the aviation, space, astronomy and science pingers can "get 'er done".

[montag813]

THEY ARE LOSING IT...WEEPING IN THE CONTROL CENTER...WONDERFUL VIDEO MAKES ME VERY PROUD INDEED TO BE AN AMERICAN TONIGHT.

THIS IS THE KIND OF CELEBRATION THAT DESERVES CHAMPAGNE FLOWING, NOT SOME STUPID SPORTING EVENT. GOD BLESS YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF ALL MANKIND!

[RedCell]

Amen! I just woke up the house with my clapping and hollering. That skycrane idea is so cool. And the fact that we got pictures within a minute or two of landing is amazing.

[PA Engineer]

:-)

[rlmorel]

Nice.

[MestaMachine]

Smiling, crying, yelling and everystuff!!!!!
Whoo hoo!!!!

[DoughtyOne]

When you have kids, the big hope is that they are healthy.

Curiosity is down, and it’s healthy. JPL is a proud father/mother tonight.

I’m located about 5 miles south of JPL right now.

[chessplayer]

It’s fantastic! Some of them are crying.

[af_vet_rr]

Fantastic. You just know Obama and the ‘rats were hoping for failure, so they could shut down the space program for good.

A lot of those libs would like nothing more than to see us stick to the low ground (Earth) while everybody else goes to the moon and beyond.

[JRandomFreeper]

Man that programs in ADA needs lots of naps and prunes.

/johnny

[Fledermaus]

This beats welfare spending any day.

[kabar]

Obama inherited this, but he will claim credit for it tomorrow.

[bigbob]

Obama didn’t make this

[Berlin_Freeper]

USA!
USA!
USA!

[LibWhacker]

Great! I hear the first pics will be black and white.

[hoagy62]

The pictue is of the shadow of Curiosity on Mars. SO proud to be an AMERICAN!

[hattend]

I am just dancing in the living room

Well done JPL!!!!

[dragnet2]

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Unbelievable engineering feat!

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Great picture of the shadow.

[Red Steel]

I read it’s nuclear powered. Don’t know if that’s true, tho. I suspect it’s a misunderstanding by the reporter. But... does it need solar panels? Getting away from solar panels would be a big improvement, imho.

A true nuke. Plutonium battery.

[DoughtyOne]

Sure does...

I’m thinking the illegals won’t get credit for this either, but you never know over at DNCp central...